NUR 155 LATEST EXAM 4 GALEN COLLEGE
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The nurse is providing medication instructions to a parent. Which statement by the parent indicates a need for further instruction?*I should cuddle my child after giving the medication *I can give my child a frozen juice bar after he swallows the medication *I should mix the medication in the baby food and give it when I feed my child *If my child does not like the taste of the medicine, I should encourage him to pinch his nose and drink the medication through a straw I should mix the medication in the baby food and give it when I feed my child The nurse is preparing to administer a tuberculin skin test to a client via the intradermal route. Which action should the nurse perform when administering this test to the client?*Inject the medication and place a pressure dressing over the medication site *Make a circular mark around the injection site after administration of the tubreculin test *Administer the injection with the needle bevel facing downward at a 10 to 15 degree angle *Massage the area with an alcohol swab after injection to ensure that the medication is absorbed Make a circular mark around the injection site after administration of the tuberculin test The nurse is preparing to administer an oral medication to an infant. In which position should the nurse place the infant?*Prone *Semi-Fowlers *Trendelenburg's *Dorsal recumbent 1 / 4
Semi-Fowler's The nurse is preparing to administer medications to a client via a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube. Which medication prescription should the nurse question?*Furosemide 20 mg via PEG tube daily *Digoxin 0.25 mg via PEG tube daily *Isosorbide mononitrate 30 mg via PEG tube daily *Acetaminophen elixir 650 mg via PEG every 4 hours as needed for temperature >101 F Isosorbide mononitrate 30 mg via PEG tube daily The nurse prepares to administer an intramuscular injection to a 4-month old infant. The nurse selects which best site to administer the injection?*Ventrogluteal *Lateral deltoid *Rectus femoris *Vastus lateralis Vastus lateralis The nurse is preparing to administer eye drops. Which interventions should the nurse take to administer the drops? Select all that apply.*Wash hands *Put gloves on *Place the drop in the conjunctival sac *Pull the lower lid down against the cheekbone *Instruct the client to squeeze the eyes shut after instilling the eye drop *Instruct the client to tilt the head forward, open the eyes, and look down Wash hands, put gloves on, place the drop in the conjunctival sac, pull the lower lid down against the cheekbone A client is prescribed an eye drop and an eye ointment for the right eye. How should the nurse best administer the medications?*Administer the eye drop first, followed by the eye ointment *Administer the eye ointment first, followed by the eye drop *Administer the eye drop, wait 15 minutes, and administer the eye ointment *Administer the eye ointment, wait 15 minutes, and administer the eye drop 2 / 4
Administer the eye drop first, followed by the eye ointment The nurse educator is orienting a new nurse to the pediatric unit and is including tips for medication administration. Which statement by the new nurse indicates that the teaching has been effective?*It helps to use magical thinking with the infant-age group *It helps to use magical thinking with the school-age group *It helps to use magical thinking with the toddler-age group *It helps to use magical thinking with the preschool-age group It helps to use magical thinking with the preschool-age group The nurse is preparing medications for administration. In addition to the right medication, the nurse adheres to which additional rights of medication administration? Select all that apply *The right dose *The right route *The right time *The right client *The right staff member *The right documentation The right dose, the right route, the right time, the right client, right documentation A client is in the bathroom when the nurse arrives at his room with his scheduled medications. The client calls to the nurse, "Just leave my medication on the bedside table like the rest of the nurses, and I will take it when I get finished." What is the nurse's best action?*Tell the client that he or she will be back when he is finished *Leave the medication at the bedside as the client requested *Let another nurse who is not busy give the client his medication when he is finished *Tell the assistive personnel to give it to the client when he is finished Tell the client that he or she will be back when he is finished The nurse is preparing to administer an intramuscular injection of pain medication to a new postoperative client. When the nurse walks into the client's room, the client asks why he is receiving an intramuscular form of the medication instead of the oral form. What is the nurse's best response with regard to the absorption of the medication? 3 / 4
Medications given this way are absorbed more quickly than by other routes The nurse is preparing to administer an intradermal medication. Which action should the nurse take before administering the medication?Cleanse the site of injection with an alcohol swab and wait for the alcohol to dry A client has a prescription to receive purified protein derivative, 0.1 mL, intradermally. The nurse should administer the medication by using a tuberculin syringe according to which guidelines?26-gauge, 5/8 inch needle inserted almost parallel to the skin, with the bevel side up The nurse is caring for a client who takes ibuprofen for pain. The nurse is gathering information on the client's medication history and determines it is necesssary to contact the PCP if the client is also taking which medications? Select all that apply Warfarin, Glimepiride, Amlodipine The clinic nurse is caring for a client who has been prescribed fentanyl, a potent opioid, for chronic pain. In what forms is it available for chronic pain administration in the at-home setting. Select all that apply intranasal spray, oral transmucosal lozenge, 72-hour transdermal patch, effervescet buccal oralets The nurse plans care for an older client admitted with a fractured hip. Which analgesic prescribed by the primary health care provider at standard doses and frequencies would the nurse question?Meperidine hydrochloride by IM route A client who had abdominal surgery is receiving epidural analgesia. The nurse monitors the client closely, knowing that which is a potential complication of this therapy?Dislodgment of the epidural catheter because the catheter is not sutured in place The nurse is preparing to administer medication using a client's nasogastric tube.Which actions should the nurse take before administering the medication? Select all that apply.
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